Which of the following is an accurate definition of the "fetal origins of adult chronic disease hypothesis"? (Select one best answer)

A. Independent and correlated factors can affect a chronic disease process in a probabilistic manner

B. Variations in chronic disease risk are caused in part by the biological and social processes of aging

C. Fetal life is a period when nutritional exposures can have lifelong effects on the structure or function of organs, tissues and body systems

D. Clinical markers of disease outcomes that track from childhood to adult life